11-letter words containing s, h, i
- lüdenscheid — a city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia: manufacturing centre for aluminium and plastics. Pop: 79 829 (2003 est)
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- lumpishness — The property of being lumpish.
- luskishness — the state or condition of being luskish
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- lymphokines — Plural form of lymphokine.
- lyophilised — (of tissue, blood, serum, or the like) to dry by freezing in a high vacuum.
- lyssophobia — a pathological fear of going insane.
- machi chips — in Indian English, fish and chips
- machinators — Plural form of machinator.
- machineguns — Plural form of machinegun.
- machineries — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- macintoshes — Plural form of macintosh.
- mahasamadhi — the highest state of samadhi.
- maidenheads — Plural form of maidenhead.
- maidenhoods — Plural form of maidenhood.
- makeweights — Plural form of makeweight.
- malt whisky — whisky, as Scotch, made entirely from malted barley.
- managership — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- manchineels — Plural form of manchineel.
- manichaeism — the system of religious doctrines, including elements of Gnosticism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Buddhism, etc, taught by the Persian prophet Mani about the 3rd century ad. It was based on a supposed primordial conflict between light and darkness, or goodness and evil
- mannishness — The condition of being mannish; manliness or masculinity.
- marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
- marshalling — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- marshalship — The position or role of a marshal.
- mashie iron — a club with an iron head, the face having more slope than a mid-mashie but less slope than a mashie.
- masochistic — Psychiatry. having a condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation.
- matchsticks — Plural form of matchstick.
- mathematics — (used with a singular verb) the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically.
- mathematise — express in mathematical terms
- matt finish — a dull finish or surface, as opposed to a shiny one
- matthiessen — Peter, 1927–2014, U.S. novelist and travel writer.
- mawkishness — characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.
- mccarthyism — the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, especially of pro-Communist activity, in many instances unsupported by proof or based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence.
- mechanicals — (US) mechanical fixtures and fittings.
- mechanistic — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
- mechitarist — a member of an order of Armenian monks founded in Constantinople in the 18th century and following the rule of St. Benedict.
- medium shot — a camera shot in which the subject is in the middle distance, permitting some of the background to be seen. Compare closeup (def 2), long shot (def 3).
- megaphonist — Someone who uses a megaphone.
- mekhitarist — a member of an order of Armenian monks founded in Constantinople in the 18th century and following the rule of St. Benedict.
- meliphagous — feeding on honey
- melpomenish — Tragic; relating to tragedy in a literary or theatrical work.
- memberships — Plural form of membership.
- menoschesis — suppression of menstruation.
- merchandise — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- mesognathic — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- mesomorphic — pertaining to or having a muscular or sturdy body build characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic mesoderm (contrasted with ectomorphic, endomorphic).
- mesonephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, becoming the functional kidney of fishes and amphibians and becoming part of the tubules or ductules in the reproductive systems of higher vertebrates.
- mesophilous — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
- mesophyllic — (botany) Of or pertaining to the mesophyll of a leaf.